Open AccessProtection of the Rights of Crowfunding Participants as an Electronic-Digital Method for Attracting Investments
Author(s) -
Denis E. Matytsin
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
pravo i upravlenie. xxi vek
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-5736
pISSN - 2073-8420
DOI - 10.24833/2073-8420-2020-2-55-76-82
Subject(s) - investment (military) , modernization theory , relevance (law) , quality (philosophy) , business , russian federation , political science , law and economics , economics , economic policy , law , politics , philosophy , epistemology
.The article is devoted to identifying the shortcomings of civil law mechanisms currently in force in Russia to protect the rights and legitimate interests of crowdfunding entities based on technologies of Industry 4.0. The relevance of the declared topic is predetermined by the need for technological improvement of production processes during the period of neo-industrial transformations of the national economy, which, in turn, are impossible without impressive investments.Materials and methods. Researchers’ attention is focused on the Federal Law “On Attracting Investments Using Investment Platforms and Amending Certain Regulatory Acts of the Russian Federation”, the systemic change of which, in the author’s opinion, can solve the complex task of improving the existing set of financial instruments through the use of the latest digital technologies. The author uses the methods of system analysis, the formal legal and comparative legal method of scientific research.Researchresults.Recognizing the high importance of crowdfunding in a neo-industrial economy, the author devoted his research to the protection of the rights and legitimate interests of entities involved in investment relations. The unresolved issues and the provisions requiring modernization are analyzed, which are contained in the Federal Law “On attracting investments using investment platforms and amending certain regulatory acts of the Russian Federation”. As a result of the analysis, specific proposals and recommendations on improving the federal law were made.Discussion and conclusions. The necessity of the emergence of new high-tech financial instruments to raise funds, allowing to radically improve the quality of decision-making in all sectors of the economy, including in the field of banking services, as well as significantly accelerate the transaction process, is substantiated. One of these developing instruments for investing in the fourth industrial revolution looking to the future is crowdfunding. The advantages of using crowdfunding and crowdinvesting platforms as investment transaction technologies are revealed.